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Governing Biobanks
Jane Kaye
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Description for Governing Biobanks
Paperback. Using interview data this book provides unique insights and makes recommendations about the governance of biobanking in the future. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LAQ; LNTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608.
Biobanks are proliferating rapidly worldwide because they are powerful tools and organisational structures for undertaking medical research. By linking samples to data on the health of individuals, it is anticipated that biobanks will be used to explore the relationship between genes, environment and lifestyle for many diseases, as well as the potential of individually-tailored drug treatments based on genetic predisposition. However, they also raise considerable challenges for existing legal frameworks and research governance structures. This book critically examines the current governance structures in place for biobanks in England and Wales. It shows that the technologies, techniques and practices involved ... Read more
Biobanks are proliferating rapidly worldwide because they are powerful tools and organisational structures for undertaking medical research. By linking samples to data on the health of individuals, it is anticipated that biobanks will be used to explore the relationship between genes, environment and lifestyle for many diseases, as well as the potential of individually-tailored drug treatments based on genetic predisposition. However, they also raise considerable challenges for existing legal frameworks and research governance structures. This book critically examines the current governance structures in place for biobanks in England and Wales. It shows that the technologies, techniques and practices involved ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841139050
SKU
V9781841139050
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About Jane Kaye
Jane Kaye is Director of the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies, University of Oxford. Susan MC Gibbons is Senior Research Associate in Law, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford. Catherine Heeney is a JAE.Doc within the Instituto de Filosofía, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid and a Research Associate of Ethox Centre, University of Oxford. Michael Parker is ... Read more
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